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The new 205,000-square-foot project will be built on the current land plot with the new building placed where the seating berm is now.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — There are advantages for a team whose owners are not only among the world’s wealthiest, but conscientious of doing things in a first-class manner.
Once again proving they spare no expense, the Walton-Penner ownership group is announcing plans to build a new, privately funded $175 million headquarters project for the Denver Broncos, an industry source confirmed to 9NEWS.
The three-story building will be built on the current land plot, specifically where the berm-seating area is now.
The Broncos will break ground on the 205,000-square foot project – 30 percent greater than the team’s current facility – this spring and is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2026 season.
Sports Business Journal was the first to report on the Broncos’ new training facility project.
Counting the $100 million in Empower Field at Mile High upgrades this season, the Walton-Penner ownership group has now invested more than a quarter billion of their own money in team facilities. And that doesn’t include the $400,000 the ownership group paid to replace their worn-out playing surface at Empower Field in the name of player safety for the final game of the 2022 season.
As for Broncos fans accustomed to watching Broncos’ training camp practices from the berm, don’t worry – temporary seating will be installed in time for next year’s camp. When the project is completed in 2026, fan seating – either stands or another berm – will be where the current headquarters building is now.
The new headquarters was architecturally co-designed by the HOK and Rockwell Group. Walton-Penner is still gathering bids on which contractor will be used for construction. The decision to build the new facility occurred after Broncos’ CEO and controlling Greg Penner led a contingency that included co-owner Carrie Walton Penner and team president Damani Leech on tours of newer or renovated headquarter facilities of the Minnesota Vikings, Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears, Las Vegas Raiders, Dallas Cowboys and the NBA’s Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns. 9NEWS first reported in late-April of the Broncos’ ownership group touring other team’s training facilities and headquarters.
While the Broncos owners decided to build a new facility because more space – particularly in the players’ locker room – was needed, they also wanted the team headquarters to be more efficient. Player pathways will be reduced as the new headquarters building will be connected to the Pat Bowlen Fieldhouse and the fieldhouse will be connected to the team’s strength and conditioning building.
The current facility is known as Centura Health Training Center as the team’s business department mostly had its offices at the Empower Field stadium while football operations had its offices at the Dove Valley facility. The new team headquarters will merge the Broncos’ business offices with the football department.
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